Michigan House Committee Votes to Repeal Permit to Purchase Today

After two weeks of consideration, the Michigan House Judiciary Committee today passed House Bill 5225 as amended; important and long-overdue legislation that would eliminate the state handgun “permit-to-purchase”   and registration requirements.  This committee also approved House Bill 5498, sponsored by state Representative Richard LeBlanc (D-18), and House Bill 5499, sponsored by state Representative Ray Franz (R-101).  All three bills were supported by the Republican members of this House committee and not a single Democrat voted to support any of them.  All three bills now go to the full House for a vote. Read more

P.J. Hoffmaster State Park takes on retro feel during June 9 vintage camper open house

GW:  This sounds like it could be a lot of fun!

If thoughts of camping conjure up warm childhood memories of summer, the Department of Natural Resources invites folks to visit P.J. Hoffmaster State Park’s vintage camper gathering and open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 9. Read more

Fire Update: Seney National Wildlife Refuge

A fire in the Seney National Wildlife Refuge (Schoolcraft County) is threatening to burn across the refuge’s northern boundary onto state-managed land. The last known size of the fire is 3,220 acres and containment is estimated at 65 percent at this time. Presently, there are no structures threatened by the fire. There have been no injuries or accidents related to this fire. Read more

HSUS Remains Greedy

This weekend marks the second anniversary of our HumaneWatch 50% Pledge. A few months after our launch, we promised to shut down this website for good if the Humane Society of the United States made one simple promise: to give 50 percent of its budget to pet shelters. Currently, HSUS gives only 1 percentof its budget to hands-on pet shelters.

So far, we haven’t heard a peep from HSUS about this. And judging from the fact that HSUS’s most recent tax return (2010) once again shows that 1 percent of the money it raised went to pet shelters, it doesn’t seem willing to change.

The one thing that has changed is HSUS’s PR spin. For instance, HSUS now claims that it has given $43 million in grants to other organizations since 2005. That’s pretty good—until you consider that a sizeable chunk of this appears to be other HSUS groups. HSUS gave $4 million in grants to its ballot initiative front group in California to raise farmers’ and consumers’ costs—to say nothing of the millions it spent on grants to similar groups in Missouri, Arizona, Ohio, and Colorado. HSUS has also given millions in “grants” to its affiliate Humane Society International.

An HSUS claim is (once again) exposed as having little substance. The information is all out there, for those who want to do the digging. HSUS doesn’t want you to. That’s why it’s so important that you help spread the word. Email your friends. “Share” us with your Facebook contacts. Ask your local vet or pet shelter if you can put a flyer up. Tweet about it.

HSUS’s dithering and self-promotion may seem trivial. But consider the millions of cats and dogs that will be put down this year. That should be as good a motivation as any to make sure that the millions that HSUS takes in go directly to groups that actually run pet shelters. If our recent startling poll of HSUS donors is any indication, many of them are willing to reconsider their gifts if they only know the truth.

Posted on 05/18/2012 at 11:27 AM by the HumaneWatch Team

Businesses That Support Animal Rights

GW:  Guess I’ll have to change where I spend my money. 

Ever wonder which groups are supporting the animal rights movement through partnerships and dollars?  The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) works to end trapping and hunting.  On the group’s website, ASPCA boasts of partnerships with:

  • Bank of America
  • Lowes
  • Wal-Mart
  • CVS Pharmacies
  • Big Lots!
  • Family Dollar Stores
  • Morton Salt
  • Subaru
  • Walker’s Shortbread

Ironically, the Lowes outdoor dog kennels that ASPCA promotes online would become illegal in several states, if recently introduced laws prohibiting keeping dogs outdoors unsupervised, are passed. Who’s going to explain this self-induced predicament to the company and ASPCA?

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